Despite having been a regular throughout pre-season for Chelsea, Cesc Fabregas is yet to play a Premier League match for Maurizio Sarri and that run continued in the match against Bournemouth this afternoon.

The 31-year-old was a regular fixture in the Blues' pre-season trips to Australia, Nice and Dublin, however in that final match he picked up a small injury against Arsenal.

With the World Cup players having not returned in time as well, the midfielder was asked to play in the Community Shield match against Manchester City, which football.london understands aggravated the injury futher.

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Sarri admitted that the injury was around the knee area and stated that the Spaniard is doing water work to try to get himself back to full fitness.

"Cesc is still out. Actually, he is working in water," Sarri admitted on Friday. "We hope that next week he will be able to work on the pitch, I think. I am sure the injury is not serious, but he has pain out of his knee.

"So it's a bit strange, but nothing serious. The pain is still there, so for him, now, it's impossible to run on the pitch. He's only able to run in water."

With the international break coming up and Fabregas once again not involved with Spain it means that the 31-year-old will have the chance to recover and is expected to be back for the Cardiff City match on September 15.